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from the anthropogenic-population-change dept.
We have a recent report by the US government that climate change is almost certainly caused by humans. However, we don't have the same rigor in gun death statistics; instead policy debate can rely only on FBI crime statistics which aren't directly comparable year-over-year due to changing measurement methodology (see "Caution to users").
This is because the NRA put pressure on the CDC through a Republican Congress to halt this research, under the logic that it promotes the cause of gun control.
But how likely is it that this is intentional, to use the US Second Amendment as an ongoing lightning rod for public attention (in a "bread and circuses" sense) while political business continues as usual on the back end (e.g. Paradise Papers)? Obama and a Democratic congress had the opportunity to restart this, which would presumably be just as "common sense" as the actual reforms they have been promoting on this issue, since whoever was actually supported by the facts would presumably have a motivation to set the program back in motion to improve support for their proposals.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by mhajicek on Thursday November 09 2017, @06:39AM (3 children)
You are correct, nothing will convince me that guns are a problem. I have never seen a gun get up and go kill someone, have you? On the other hand, I do know people who have used their guns to scare off people who were attempting to break into their home.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 09 2017, @08:45AM (2 children)
And I have seen people take those guns they had to scare off people attempting to break into their homes, and they have shot philandering spouses, disobedient kids, and even their own sad selves when they were really depressed. And guess what? These incidents out number the "scared off" ones by almost 100 to 1. So what's in your waistband? (By the Way, I just had sex with your favorite sheep, nothing personal. Please put down the gun. !BANG! Oh, well. Never hesitate when you draw down on someone. Guess it's my sheep now! This could be the start of a beautiful relationship!)
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Thursday November 09 2017, @08:54AM (1 child)
How would you know which out numbers which? When someone gets shot it's almost always reported, but when someone is scared off it's quite rarely reported.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 09 2017, @12:29PM
Use google.com. You expect us to teach you how to use it?
Or better still, learn history.